DEVELOPING AN EFFICIENT MODEL FOR EXTENSION OF PUBLIC SPORT IN TEHRAN PROVINCE USING DEMATEL TECHNIQUE

Mohammad Hami¹*, Roxana Davarpanah², Hasan Eshaghi Kenari³, Saber Akbarzadeh⁴, Seyed Mahmoud Alizadeh Otaghsara⁵, Maryam Fathaliyan⁶, Mahsa Nematzadeh⁷, Saeid Gholinezhad Sorkhkolaei⁸, Mehdi Seyfipour⁹, Taha Mortazavi¹⁰, Zarvan Aflaki¹¹, Kourosh Shojae Sangani¹², Fatemeh Habibi Sokht Abandani¹³

¹Assist Prof, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran, mohammadhami@yahoo.com
²M.Sc of Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, roxanadavarpanah14@gmail.com
³Ph.D Student, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran, eshaghi_h@yahoo.com
⁴M.A Degree, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran, akbarzadeh_saber@yahoo.com
⁵Ph.D Student, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran, smalizadeh52@yahoo.com
⁶Ph.D Student, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran, maryamfathaliyan66@yahoo.com
⁷Ph.D Student, Head of the Evaluation commiittee of the Scientific Society of Sports Management of Iran, Tehran, Iran, m_n_z110@yahoo.com
⁸M.A Degree, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran, sgholinezhad@yahoo.com
⁹M.A Degree, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran, seyfipourmehdi@yahoo.com
¹⁰M.A Degree, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran, taha.mortazavi7@yahoo.com
¹¹M.A Degree, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Human Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, zarvanaflaki@gmail.com
¹²Ph.D Student, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran, kourosh_shojae@yahoo.com
¹³Ph.D Student, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sari, Iran, fatemehhabibi277@gmail.com
*Corresponding author

Abstract

The present study was conducted to design an efficient model for extension of public sports in Tehran province. In this investigation, influences of privatization, sport facilities, rules and regulations, planning and human resource, financial resources, media and personal properties on extension of public sports were evaluated. The present study is an applied investigation which was conducted as a descriptive survey with correlation type. Regarding data collection procedure, this is a field study in which data were gathered by means of questionnaire. Statistical population includes 1212 women and men who were active in public sport participation. Using Cochran’s formula, a sample of 292 people was selected. Each variable was assessed by questionnaire. The questionnaire was designed in two parts; the first part was devoted to personal properties such as age, gender, education level, etc.; while the second one included 60 author-synthesized questions. The questionnaire was scored by Likert five-point scale. Apparent and content validity was used to assess validity of the questionnaire. Reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. To analyze the results and information, descriptive statistics such as central tendency indices (mean median, mode, percentage, frequency, table and related graphs) and inferential statistics including Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, one sample t-test, Friedman test, factor analysis, DEMATEL technique and fuzzy entropy technique were used. According to the results of one sample t-test, privatization, sport facilities, rules and regulations, planning and human resources, financial resources and media had influence on extension of public sports in Tehran province. Regarding variables interrelations pattern achieved by DEMATEL technique, it was revealed that financial resources had the highest influence, followed by privatization, sport facilities, planning and human resources.

Keywords: public sports, sport extension, DEMATEL.